diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c
index 201ea73e3021b622a23b437f8bb603ce4dc3a024..627392bead3b852ccd5108d63d48bd09b2a30308 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq)
 		   eq->core.eqn, eq->core.cons_index, eq->core.irqn);
 
 	eqe_count = mlx5_eq_poll_irq_disabled(eq);
-	ret = eqe_count ? true : false;
+	ret = eqe_count ? false : true;
 	if (!eqe_count) {
 		clear_bit(MLX5E_SQ_STATE_ENABLED, &sq->state);
 		return ret;